How can I be SURE I'm doing enough this year?
"How will I know if I'm doing enough this year? I find it hard to shake the nagging feeling that I'm not, and I don't want to carry that again."
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How to foster your child's ability to solve problems (because their future career depends on it) 🎙️
We all know the standard way we're taught to solve problems at school. Start with a clear definition of the problem, follow a proven process, arrive at the right answer. It's clean, it's predictable, it’s measurable…and it's almost entirely useless in real life. Especially in a professional context.
What to do when your child avoids hard things
"I'm having a hard time striking the right balance between following my child's lead, and making sure they're also doing hard things and putting in effort."
The ONE thing I wish I knew before leaving the school system 🎙️
You hear a lot about what you’ll need when you first choose to live life without school. The resources, curriculum options, books you should read, the local groups to join. But there's something else that matters more than any of that.
The hidden cost of being a "good student"
I've been thinking a lot about this line in my post from the other day: "We've created a world where a child's greatest achievement is being low maintenance."
How can I be SURE I'm doing enough this year?
"How will I know if I'm doing enough this year? I find it hard to shake the nagging feeling that I'm not, and I don't want to carry that again."
How to foster your child's ability to solve problems (because their future career depends on it) 🎙️
We all know the standard way we're taught to solve problems at school. Start with a clear definition of the problem, follow a proven process, arrive at the right answer. It's clean, it's predictable, it’s measurable…and it's almost entirely useless in real life. Especially in a professional context.
How to REALLY measure your child's progress 🎙️
When you first step away from the school system, you leave behind all their built-in ways of measuring progress - the grades, the tests, the reading levels...In this week's mini-episode, I'm sharing the simple daily practice we use to record, track, and review progress in our family.
What to do when your child avoids hard things
"I'm having a hard time striking the right balance between following my child's lead, and making sure they're also doing hard things and putting in effort."
The ONE thing I wish I knew before leaving the school system 🎙️
You hear a lot about what you’ll need when you first choose to live life without school. The resources, curriculum options, books you should read, the local groups to join. But there's something else that matters more than any of that.
The hidden cost of being a "good student"
I've been thinking a lot about this line in my post from the other day: "We've created a world where a child's greatest achievement is being low maintenance."